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*Some say Prelim is only 3'7" and so basic that like only wussies could fail. So why are the Prelim classes empty with 2 divisions at P compared to 6 at T, and 5 at N? Because that is baloney even for BN. Eventing, even at the lower levels is challenging and not all horses can do it. Prelim is...

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Ryeissa wrote:This is sort of like dating, no its exactly like dating

So Kathy should use a pic from 10 years ago?

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Remind me, are you looking for a dressage horse, or a hunt/event/all-rounder? Because a friend from college breeds very nice draft crosses in the St Louis area (Bluefield Sporthorses), and some of her babies have done well at BN/N eventing and in the hunt field. I’m still kicking myself for passing ...

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PaulaO wrote:http://sporthorsenation.eventingnation.com/listing/safe-fancy-fun-finished-sport-horse-the-horse-of-your-dreams/

Just noticed he’s TB....

He sounds sporthorse need vs racing bred. Does that make a difference Xan?

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OK if I can round up a herd in one place I'll fly. Otherwise, west coast. Specifically right now Portland and surrounding area. Going to have a trip up there soon, already have a few candidates. That’s probably the west coast equivalent area. I saw a horse for you advertised on the Area 1 website, ...

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No - I'm in area VI. The more I shop the more I think I need to stay on the W coast for the time being. Flying to see one horse is going to crunch my budget quickly, as I'd need to probably do that a few times. Unless I go see someone like http://www.teamwindchase.com/forsale.htm That said the area...

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I would look at a TB that never trained for the track and wasn’t started before 3, yes. Only if it is sporthorse need, not race bred. The worst horse I ever had I bought as a basically un-started 4 year old. He had been very lightly started to race, but never made it to the track. In contrast to a ...

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Either you guys were up really late last night or you ARE in Dublin!

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We have a 3-day weekend right now, so see ya at Logan in the morning?

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Hi Bip. Can I ask what you are rehabbing from Lyme? Lyme is associated with intermittent moving lamenesses as far as I know. If they are cured with antibiotics the lamenesses disappear. My horse had Lyme and I really had nothing to rehab. I realize all cases are different. I know, it is bizarre. Fi...

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scruffy the cat wrote:I think you should go on a little riding trip to Ireland and maybe sit on a few prospects.

I’m going to pretend you were addressing me because I definitely want to do this.

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Bip, check out this nice horse in the UK. You could get him here for <25 delivered. My friend is considering him. Check out the jumping video. What a nice horse. https://www.horsequest.co.uk/search/197588 Oh, he’s lovely. For better or worse, I made my danger zone purchase last year and I still can...

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I would say the danger range for eventers is $15-25k, with the WBs falling at the top of that range. It’s obscene.

(It’s not necessarily obscene that horses cost that much or more, but rather that horses with serious problems are priced that way).

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How did I miss this the first time around?! She is gorgeous, congratulations!!!

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The good ones go quickly but the best ones never hit the ads and go by word of mouth. What you see in the ads are horses whose connections either did not want them or couldn't afford them. Ideally, we would all be PMing her word of mouth prospects. Links are nice, but you are exactly right about th...

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But you can miss all the good ones by not acting quickly.

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It’s such a tricky situation because if it catches your eye and then doesn’t sell quickly, there’s probably something wrong with it. But not necessarily! And you can’t magically make there be nothing wrong with it by buying it quickly.

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Just don’t ask this guy for help! https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-photos ... gn=organic

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Tell her you will send a cashier’s check for $2000 over asking price and she just needs to give you the change.

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Well, I was going to call her T but I didn’t tell everybody in time so she goes by Thyme. It suits her. She is not great xcty or jumping in general. She’s good at it, but gets behind the leg and kind of shuts down. However, that could be mostly because of the raging case of Lyme she had for months a...

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Ok, I guess that worked. Sadly, those pics were taken in May/June and we’ve been out of commission since then, with the exception of a lot of tack walking. She had an abscess for two weeks and while that was resolving, we got the results of a Lyme titer back and she was positive. So I started treati...

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I’m not sure I ever posted any pics. Her name is Wild Thyme and I got her in November.

How do I post pics here? My Flickr acct won’t let me in, and my photo bucket account is so buggy, I had to give up.

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OMG my mare is by wild Dance too! Amazing brains.

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She is beautiful, congrats!

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Koolkat wrote:
piedmontfields wrote:Who are the Duggars?

I had to google it.

Moving on. . .

I envy you! And I envy the poster above you even more because that person still doesn’t know.

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but for 20000 I expect the horse to show me he is capable to get to PSG with training. I dont see that here. My last horse was a ranch QH purchased for 4000 and was training tempe 3s and canter P when I sold him Wow, what part of the country? Because here (more or less where Trevor is) $20k might g...

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I wonder why Steel My Heart is still for sale (or for sale again?) He was on the market when I was looking last summer, but I didn’t end up getting out to see him because I couldn’t justify going so far for just one horse.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?ebc=ANyPxKp8lce5Bdw784ZCwfO967aGcm6LxUODqfFafHD4VV5ZhVEO9otOKvdC0Fj3tc1J0401Z-3SwlY7u6ylVAijn0WI5EN96g&v=giZ2YR3B58A She might make a nice dressage horse. And she’s in Texas. Oh she’s wonderful! Is she freeing out though? Seems like kind of a bummer. I want the impor...

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Hot4Spots wrote: I am not being snarky, however, when I say I really would like to ask her what kind/where she buys her sports bras.

I saw a picture of her recently in a show coat and I had the same thought!

... can mine be sewn in? They are my original ones (which I embellished by being overweight).

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Sadly, tonight is where I lose any credibility to criticize the Pixio. I very carefully set it up for my lesson. It recognized the watch perfectly. It started the camera from the watch perfectly. Too bad I had centered the thing on beacon #2 when I set up it up, instead of #1 like you are supposed t...

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Well, it did work after a few minutes fiddling with it. So now I’ve used it for about 30% as much time as it took me to get it working, lol. And I’m not quite sure I had the auto zoom working right, but I’m going to re-read that part of the instructions/my camera’s instructions tonight. Ideally, I w...

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Well, it took me an hour and a half to get it working, but I did get it working at 11:30 last night. About a half of that was due to it not working in the bedroom, which I guessed was because the beacons were not a full 2 meters from the camera. So I relocated to the living room and in the process, ...

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Update: One input of the cable I bought on Amazon is slightly different than what I need. I can’t find the exact cable anywhere except Pixio. In France. For kind of a lot of money considering how much I’ve already spent on this thing. The worst part is that I know the cable is around here somewhere,...

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Bip, your pixio adventures sound harrowing!! I was thinking Pixio might be easier than soloshot, but at this point, with the soloshot price drop, I am leaning away from Pixio. I hate seeing myself on vid, but it sure does give me incentive to improve. But even more than incentive, just seeing mista...

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Well, I bought a Pixio at the beginning of November and so far I’ve managed to use it once. I don’t think it would be this complicated for most people, but I’ve got little (curious, destructive) kids running around during the day, and after they go to bed, my brain is usually fried, so it was hard t...

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*Looks at pictures*
*looks out window at raging bomb cyclone*

Who do I give the money to?

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Last year I got DH a half year subscription to a Scotch-of-the-month club and he loved it. I’m not sure how to put this, but he likes pretentious, overly complicated things that kind of feel like school, and since each bottle came with a scotch lesson, he ate it up. He’s not a huge wine drinker, but...

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One is that you can think you have covered every possible scenario and you will be disappointed to know that people will improvise. No one ever thought terrorists would fly planes filled with passengers into buildings until they did. No one thought someone would mow down scores of pedestrians on a ...

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I wonder how it must feel to feel like you are one of the greats and not keep thinking I need to improve this and this and this. Well, the guy that got you wondering about this is textbook for Narcissistic Personality Disorder of the overt variety (there's a covert variety too), so if that is the c...

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We are ready! We are visiting my parents just outside of Portland, about 98% coverage. My dad is a middle school science teacher and science guy in general, and has been planning this for about two years. He would have liked to get us all to totality, but with the kids (a 1 year old and rowdy 4 year...

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I just booked a flight for me and the kids to visit my parents that week. They are in the Portland OR area with 98%+ coverage. Well over a year ago, my dad asked if we should book a campsite somewhere with 100% because he's a big science/nature guy. I'd just had a baby so it was the farthest thing f...

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